AI is walking a very fine line right now.
Some of it is wildly useful. Some of it is embarrassingly bad. Some of it feels creative and sharp and genuinely exciting. Some of it feels like a machine ate the internet and handed us back beige mush.
And honestly… I think that's normal.
This stuff is still new. It's still learning. I'm still learning. We're all poking at it in real time trying to figure out where it actually helps and where it absolutely does not. Not a lecture. Just an observation.
I’ve Been Testing It on My Own Business First
Since I went out on my own, I've been testing a lot of tools and teaching AI to help me run parts of my business.
I am very much my own guinea pig.
I keep throwing real tasks at it, seeing what happens, adjusting, retrying, scrapping things, keeping the good parts, and ditching the junk. Some things are incredible. Some things are absolute garbage. That is kind of the fun of it.
I use it to think faster. To organize messy ideas. To speed up backend work. To help me spot gaps in business operations and tighten up systems and automation.
And then there are the times I spend way too long trying to make a tool do something clever, only to realize I could have handled it myself in ten minutes. That happens too.
Margot’s Magical Unicorn Summer School
My favorite example has nothing to do with client work.
I used AI to build "Margot's Magical Unicorn Summer School" for my daughter, and I am still obsessed with how well it turned out.
I gave it actual context. Not just "make me a summer plan." I told it her favorite colors. I told it about her energy levels. I told it she has about a twenty-minute attention span before she's ready to move on to the next thing. I fed it enough detail that it could help me build something that actually fit her.
In about fifteen minutes, I had themed activity ideas, snack ideas, simple little lesson plan ideas, outdoor play ideas, and enough structure to map out a fun summer without me spending hours falling into a Pinterest hole.
That part matters.
The AI gave me structure. I brought the heart. I knew what would light her up. I knew what was realistic for our days. I knew what would be fun and what would turn into a disaster by 10:12 a.m.
That is the version of AI I love. It didn't replace me. It helped me get organized faster. It let me be a more prepared mom without eating up half my workday.
What I’ve Learned So Far
What I've learned is pretty simple.
Some tools save me five hours a week and make me want to kiss the forehead of whoever built them.
Some tools waste an hour of my time before I finally admit a manual check would have been faster.
That is the deal.
It's not magic. It's trial and error. It's testing. It's tweaking. It's knowing when to keep going and when to close the tab and move on with your life.
I still think AI is best when it supports the work, not when it tries to fake the whole thing. I love it for structure, idea sorting, backend support, CRM setup, and helping clean up repetitive tasks. I do not love it when people expect it to replace judgment, taste, or actual personality.
That's usually where the slop shows up.
The Jetsons Payoff
I grew up watching The Jetsons on Saturday mornings, and I was fully obsessed with Rosie the Robot and the flying cars.
So maybe part of why I love playing with this stuff is that it feels like we're inching toward that world I thought would be real by now. Not the weird dystopian version. The fun version. The one where tech handles more of the repetitive nonsense so we get more room for the interesting stuff.
That is cool as f*** to me.
The fact that I can use tech to help organize my daughter's summer, clean up backend work, or make day-to-day business tasks less clunky? Very cool. Very Jetsons. Not quite flying cars yet, but close enough to keep me interested.
I just want us to keep our standards high and not let the slop win.
Stay curious. Test stuff. Fail sometimes. Keep going.
That's the whole point.